SETUP

Things that I use. Last updated on 25th February, 2015

Hardware

Laptop Setup:

  1. MacBook Pro (Late 2014), 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM.
  2. Logitech G300 mouse.
  3. 1TB Western Digital Passbook Ultra, 1TB Seagate external HDD.

Tablet: Wacom Intuos Pro (Small).

Server Setup

  1. Windows 7 Ultimate
  2. Core2Duos chipset
  3. Circle Medium Cabinet
  4. 4GB RAM
  5. 500GB HDD
  6. ASUS Motherboard
  7. SAMSUNG DVD Writer
  8. Logitech Mouse, Keyboard & Webcam
  9. Samsung 17” Monitor
  10. TP-Link WR841N Router
  11. ipAccess NanoBTS (For signal boosting)
  12. D-Link DFM-560ES (connecting Landline Telephone to Server)
  13. HP PhotoSmart 4500 Printer
  14. Belkin 4-Port USB2.0 Hub
  15. Transcend 4-Port USB3.0 Hub
  16. 1 TB Seagate External HDD (2012)
  17. 3 TB Seagate External HDD (2015)
  18. 1 TB Western Digital My Passport HDD (2014)
  19. APC UPS

Mobile:

  1. iPhone 5s.
  2. An extremely old Nokia 1100 when I feel nostalgic.
  3. A Xiaomi 5200mAh Power Bank. Because iPhone only has a 1500mAH battery.

Audio:

  1. Apple Earplugs.
  2. Two very low Quality Enter speakers for the Laptop
  3. BYTE 5.1 Speakers
  4. Frontech 5.1 (Manually converted to 10.1) broadcasting from WiFi

DIY Electronics:

  1. Arduino Uno rev3 board.

Software

OS: OSX Yosemite

Development: I use iTerm2 for command line fu. I spend most of my time on either terminator or browser. Some of the terminal tools that I use daily:

  • Vim for some coding
  • Sometimes Git. Though I really don’t know how to use it efficiently
  • aria2c for downloading things
  • Autojump for quickly moving around my system
  • PDFtk for all things pdf. I only deal with pdfs when syncing docs between my devices
  • Some custom scripts

A5 blank notebook and Sakura Pigma Micron 0.5mm Fineliner for sketching when I am working on a user interface

Browser: Google Chrome with the following must have extensions:

  • uPass as passwords are important and are pretty hard not to forget
  • Better History because chrome’s history page sucks
  • Ghostery to block all the social nonsense
  • AdBlockPlus for the annoying ads all over the Internet
  • SpeakIt! for times when reading through a long passage becomes difficult
  • Session Buddy to save the tab sessions

Web Apps: Some web applications I use often

  • Most of Google stuff
  • Google Drive for document management. Special mention because it helped me move away from Windows environment. Linux still doesn’t have a half decent document suite
  • Facebook for the same reason every other people do
  • Twitter for bite sized updates

Desktop Apps: The few desktop apps that I do use include:

  • iTunes
  • Microsoft Office for Mac for there is nothing better
  • Flux for it slowly warms the colors of your screen based on the time of day. This helps me work late in the nights without straining my eyes.
  • PHPStorm for all things PHP, manage my website
  • Sublime Text for editing quick bits of code (this site is coded using sublime text)
  • Queriois 2 for managing the MySQL databases
  • Tower for Git version control
  • Ulysses for writing. It has a brilliant zen interface
  • Tweetbot for Mac for it is the best Twitter client out there
  • DayOne for journalling. It’s like personal Twitter
  • Blogo for managing WordpPress blogs
  • Airmail for Managing emails and because the default Mail.app sucks
  • VLC. What else to use then?
  • Photoshop for all thins related to image creation
  • Adobe Illustrator and [Sketch] for creating vector illustrations & mockups
  • Sip for collecting colours from anywhere
  • SketchUp & Rhineceros for 3D modelling
  • Waltr for copying stuff to the iPhone
  • Dropbox & Cloudapp for sharing files
  • Deego for backup
  • Chatty Better Facebook messenger app
  • Messenger for Mac to communicate without opening the Facebook page
  • Chitchat a native Mac app wrapper for WhatsApp Web

*Apple iPhone: I do not do a lot on my mobile. Some apps that I use:

Photos:

  • Instagram for sharing photos
  • PhotoTransfer - to quickly transfer photos from iPhone to Mac
  • Google Photos for backup
  • Flickr to share hi-res photos

Reading & Learning:

  • iBooks for ebooks
  • Swiftly to learn the Swift programming language
  • TOI important & non-impornant news
  • TED
  • Duolingo for learning languages (currently learning French)

Social:

  • Twitter for in class entertainment!
  • Facebook messenger and main app
  • Ello, distraction free networking
  • Google+, just for the sake of it
  • Whatsapp for staying in touch
  • Periscope for live streams
  • Skype because I’m too lazy to attend offline meetings
  • Zomato - who doesn’t want to eat good food?

Music:

Productivity:

  • Wunderlist for note taking
  • Kotak Bank, banking partners
  • CoinKeeper to track expenses

Tools:

  • Wordpress for managing blogs, though it’s not very usefull
  • Trello for project management
  • tawk.to - website chatting program

Paintware

Medium:

  • Canvas (Stretched)
  • Acid Free Watercolor Paper
  • 180gsm Paper

Colours:

Pens:

Brushes:

  • 1-12 number Round Brushes
  • 1/2”, 1”, 2” 4” Flat Brushes
  • 1, 3, 4, 9 Fan Brushes

Palette Knives:

  • 1/2” Diamond Knife
  • 1” Flat Knife
  • 1” Rounded Knife

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